Railway-track liner



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BAILWAY-TBACK LINER,

Application filed November 12, 1924. Serial No. 749,4?8.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY N. SrAMo s, a citizen of the United States, residing at Centerville, in the county of Appanoose and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Track Liners, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to track liners and one object is to provide a device of this character embodying a system of leverage where by a railway track can be accurately alined at a minimum expenditure of time and labor.

A further object is to provide a track liner of substantial construction and which can be readily placed in position for shifting the track laterally to aline the same.

Another object is to provide a device consisting of a minimum number of parts which can be readily assembled for use, or disassembled so that the different parts can be easily carried by several workmen when the device is to be moved a considerable distance.

A further object is to provide a device F which is simple in construction, reliable in operation, and inexpensive to manufacture.

In order that the invention may be fully understood, reference will now be had to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the device in position preparatory to shifting the track laterally to aline the same.

Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the device showing the position thereof after having shifted the track laterally.

Fig. 3 is a broken plan view of the device with the handle in section.

Referring now in detail to the different parts, 2 designates a base which consists of a relatively broad bottom plate 1 and vertical sides 6. The bottom plate 1 is provided at its underside with a series of abutments 8, which become embedded in the ground to prevent the device from sliding backwardly from the track while shifting the same into alinement. The sides 6 are parallel to each other and spaced apart to admit a primary lever 10 and a secondary lever 12.

The primary lever 10 is fulcrumed upon a pin 14 and provided at its lower bifurcated end with an antifriction roller 16 andv p at its upper portion with a socket 18 for the reception of a removable handle 21.

The secondary lever '12 is fulcrumed. at its forward end ona pin 22 and its free rear end overlaps the lower end of the primary lever 10, as shown by Figs. 1 and 2. A longitudinal groove 23 is formed in the underside of the secondary lever 12 for the antifriction roller 16 to travel in and where by said roller holds the free end of the secondary lever from lateral movement likely to cause the same to bind upon the pin 22 and produce considerable frictional resist-v ance in the operation of the device. The roller 16 is prevented from running out of the upper end of the groove 23 by a stop 24 formed between the sides 6 and arranged in the path of the primary lever 10.

The pins 14: and 22 are removably mounted, so that they can be withdrawn from the sides 6 when the parts are to be disassembled.

In practice the device is placed between two of the ties A of a railway track and pushed beneath one of the rails B until the upper side of the inclined secondary lever 12 contacts the base of said rail B. During the foregoing operation the handle 21 is raised until the roller 16 strikes the bottom plate a in order to lower the free end of the secondary lever 12 to its lowermost point of adjustment. After the device has been placed in position as stated, the track is raised and shifted to. the right, Fig. 1, by

pulling downwardly upon the handle 21,

which operation raises the roller 16 until checked by the primary lever 10 striking the stop 24. As the roller 16 moves upwardly it travels in the groove 23 and raises the free end of the secondary lever 12 from the position disclosed by Fig. 1 to the position disclosed by Fig. 2, causing said secondary lever to raise and shift the track to the right as stated.

Should an occasion arise requiring the device to be carried some distance by hand said device can be readily disassembled by withdrawing the pins 1 1 and 22 so that the base 2 can be carried by one workman, the lever 10 by another workman, and the lever 12 by still another workman.

From the foregoing description it is apparent that I have provided a track alining device embodying the advantages above ointed out, and while I have shown and described the preferred construction, combination and arrangement of parts, I reserve the right to make such changes asproperly fall within the spirit andscope of the invention as claimed W Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by -Letters Patent, is:

1. A device of the character described consisting of a base, a primary lever fulcrurned at one end of said base, a secondary lever fulcrumed at the other end of said base and having i s free end overlapping the" lower end of the primary lever, and an antifrict-ion roller mounted in the lower end of the primary lever and arranged to travel aleng the underside of said secondary lever.

2. A device or" the character described consisting of a base having a stop at one end, a primary lever fulcrumed to said base and adapted to contact the st-opthereon, an antifriction roller mounted at the lower end of said primary lever, and a secondary lever fulcruined to said base and provided at the underside of its free end with a longitudinal groove in which the antifriction roller is adapted to travel.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HARRY N. STAMOS.

Htne'sses GERTRUDE LOWE, HARRY S. GREENLEAF. 

